JNU row: PhD student Mudassar mobilised crowd at Press Club, says SAR Geelani

Former Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani, who was arrested on charges of sedition in connection with an event in JNU, today identified the person who mobilised the crowd at Press Council of India and said that similar meetings were held twice earlier also.

Geelani, during interrogation, revealed that Mudassar, who is not from Jawaharlal University (JNU) mobilised the crowd at Press Club. He said Mudassar was an acquaintance and he is from some other university. However, police suspects Mudassar is associated with JNU.

He even admitted that anti-India slogans were raised at the event. He also said that Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was not given a proper opportunity for a fair hearing.

The former Delhi University lecturer was arrested on charges of sedition in connection with an event in JNU in which anti-India slogans were raised. His arrest comes amid the raging row over the arrest of JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar over sedition charges in connection with an event on February 9 against the hanging of Afzal Guru.

At a Press Club event on February 10, in which Geelani was present on the dais along with three other speakers, a group allegedly had shouted slogans hailing Afzal Guru. Taking suo motu cognisance of the matter, the police registered a case against Geelani and other unnamed persons on February 12.

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